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A soccer fan blows a vuvuzela before the start of the 2010 World Cup group B soccer match between Argentina and Nigeria at Ellis Park stadium in Johannesburg, South Africa, on June 12. Enrique Marcarian/Reuters

A supporter waves a South African flag as he blows a vuvuzela, prior to the World Cup group A soccer match between South Africa and Mexico at Soccer City in Johannesburg, South Africa, on June 11. Eugene Hoshiko/AP

A soccer fan with an Argentine flag blows a vuvuzela after watching the soccer World Cup group B match between Argentina and Nigeria on a giant screen in Johannesburg, South Africa, on June 12. Ramon Espinosa/AP

A fan blows the vuvuzela before the start of the 2010 World Cup group F soccer match between Paraguay and Italy at Green Point stadium in Cape Town, South Africa, on June 14. Carlos Barria/Reuters

A fan covers his ear to block the sound of vuvuzelas while waiting for the start of the 2010 World Cup group B soccer match between South Korea and Greece at Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, on June 12. Lee Jae Won/Reuters

A Japanese fan blows a vuvuzela before the 2010 World Cup group E soccer match against Cameroon at Free State stadium in Bloemfontein, South Africa, on June 14. Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters

A 10-week-old white lion cub that is being hand reared with its siblings after the mother rejected them, plays with a South African vuvuzela near Rustenburg, South Africa, on June 13. The vuvuzelas were given to them as toys by the farm owner who raises them to prevent them from chewing the curtains. Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP

A soccer fan with the German colors painted on his face blows a vuvuzela prior to the World Cup group D soccer match between Germany and Australia at the stadium in Durban, South Africa, on June 13. Gero Breloer/AP

A Japanese fan blows a vuvuzela during an international friendly match between the national soccer teams of Ivory Coast and Japan at the Stade de Tourbillon in Sion, Switzerland, on June 4. Jean-Christophe Bott/Keystone/AP

A man blows his vuvuzela on the street before the opening game of the soccer World Cup between South Africa and Mexico in Atteridgeville near Pretoria, South Africa, on June 11. Gero Breloer/AP

Two women joke with a vuvuzela after watching the World Cup soccer match between South Korea and Greece at a public viewing area on the beach in Durban, South Africa, on June 12. Gero Breloer/AP

People celebrate with a vuvuzela during the opening match of the soccer World Cup in Soweto, South Africa, on June 11. Frank Augstein/AP

A Japanese fan blows a vuvuzela prior to a World Cup group E soccer match between Japan and Cameroon at Free State Stadium in Bloemfontein, South Africa, on June 14. Shuji Kajiyama/AP

A soccer fan blows the vuvuzela prior to the World Cup group D soccer match between Serbia and Ghana at the Loftus Versfeld Stadium in Pretoria, South Africa, on June 13. Rebecca Blackwell/AP

Fans blow vuvuzelas during the 2010 World Cup group C soccer match against Algeria and Slovenia at Peter Mokaba stadium in Polokwane, South Africa, on June 13. Christian Charisius/Reuters

A soccer fan blows the vuvuzela as she waits for the start of the 2010 World Cup group D soccer match between Serbia and Ghana at Loftus Versfeld stadium in Pretoria, South Africa, on June 13. Dylan Martinez/Reuters